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Kanji Detail for 戸 - "door, house"

戸

  • Meaning

    戸 means "door, house." Also associated with capacity.

    1. Door - A household entrance; a gate.

    2. House - A dwelling; a home.

    3. Counter - A unit for counting houses or families.

  • Words using 戸

    • 江戸 えど Listen Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
    • 井戸 いど Listen water well
    • 戸惑い とまどい Listen being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion
    • 戸籍 こせき Listen family register; census
    • 戸数 こすう Listen number of houses; number of households
    • 門戸 もんこ Listen door
    • 瀬戸 せと Listen strait; channel
    • 瀬戸際 せとぎわ Listen brink; verge; critical moment

  • Four-character idioms with 戸

    • 盗人上戸 ぬすびとじょうご Listen person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy
    • 門戸開放 もんこかいほう Listen open door policy

  • Tattoo check: 戸

    • Verified meaning: door, house
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さちお, さちひろ, つるど, ど)
    • Also carries these associations: capacity

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 戸

    Surnames 戸(さちお)Listen 戸(さちひろ)Listen 戸(つるど)Listen 戸(ど)Listen 戸(とさき)Listen 戸(とざき)Listen 戸(とたか)Listen 戸(とつぎ)Listen 戸(へい)Listen 戸(へえ)Listen 戸(へつき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    door; family

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 戶|户[hu4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    to(と) と

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    戸 戶 (to・todare・tokammuri・tobiranoto)

  • Related Keywords

    door house household entrance gate dwelling capacity home residence

Sentences including 戸

  • We spent the day in the open air.

  • Remember to lock the door.

  • This book goes on the top shelf.

  • I felt my way to the door.

  • He went as far as kobe by train.

  • There was no water in the well.

  • I went to kobe by train.

  • How long have you been living in kobe , then?

  • Who is the girl at the door?

  • How long has ken lived in kobe?

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